| (Re-) creating urban destination image: Opinions of foreign visitors to South Africa on safety and security? R Donaldson, S Ferreira Urban forum 20, 1-18, 2009 | 128 | 2009 |
| Townships in South African cities–literature review and research perspectives U Jürgens, R Donaldson, S Rule, J Bähr Habitat International 39, 256-260, 2013 | 90 | 2013 |
| The making of a tourism-gentrified town: Greyton, South Africa R Donaldson Geography 94 (2), 88-99, 2009 | 85 | 2009 |
| Secondary cities and development L Marais, EL Nel, R Donaldson Routledge, 2016 | 77 | 2016 |
| Mass rapid rail development in South Africa's metropolitan core: Towards a new urban form? R Donaldson Land use policy 23 (3), 344-352, 2006 | 70 | 2006 |
| Small town tourism in South Africa R Donaldson Springer International Publishing, 2018 | 67 | 2018 |
| Foreign students as tourists: Educational tourism, a market segment with potential R Donaldson, J Gatsinzi Africa insight 35 (3), 19-24, 2005 | 67 | 2005 |
| Relocation: To be or not to be a black diamond in a South African township? R Donaldson, T Mehlomakhulu, D Darkey, M Dyssel, P Siyongwana Habitat International 39, 114-118, 2013 | 66 | 2013 |
| Residential desegregation dynamics in the South African city of Polokwane (Pietersburg) R Donaldson, N Kotze Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie 97 (5), 567-582, 2006 | 65 | 2006 |
| Crime, perceptions and touristic decisionmaking: Some empirical evidence and prospects for the 2010 World Cup R Donaldson, S Ferreira Politikon 34 (3), 353-371, 2007 | 64 | 2007 |
| The urban renewal programme as an area-based approach to renew townships: The experience from Khayelitsha's Central Business District, Cape Town R Donaldson, D Du Plessis Habitat International 39, 295-301, 2013 | 62 | 2013 |
| Reshaping urban space through studentification in two South African urban centres R Donaldson, J Benn, M Campbell, A de Jager Urbani izziv 25, S176, 2014 | 60 | 2014 |
| Tourism in small town South Africa R Donaldson Urban Tourism in the Developing World, 307-326, 2006 | 60* | 2006 |
| “Sex, sun, soccer”: stakeholder-opinions on the sex industry in Cape Town in anticipation of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup R Bird, R Donaldson Urban Forum 20, 33-46, 2009 | 56 | 2009 |
| ‘They are stealing my island’: Residents’ opinions on foreign investment in the residential tourism industry in Tamarin, Mauritius T Wortman, R Donaldson, G Van Westen Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 37 (2), 139-157, 2016 | 50 | 2016 |
| An uneasy match: neoliberalism, gentrification and heritage conservation in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa R Donaldson, N Kotze, G Visser, JH Park, N Wally, J Zen, O Vieyra Urban Forum 24, 173-188, 2013 | 44 | 2013 |
| Small Town Geographies in Africa R Donaldson, L Marais Experiences from South Africa, 2012 | 43 | 2012 |
| A model for South African urban development in the 21st century? R Donaldson SATC 2001, 2001 | 39 | 2001 |
| Investment challenges in the hotel industry in Kigali, Rwanda: Hotel managers' perspectives J Gatsinzi, R Donaldson Development Southern Africa 27 (2), 225-240, 2010 | 38 | 2010 |
| Conference tourism: What do we know about the business tourist in South Africa? R Donaldson African journal for physical health education, recreation and dance 19 (sup …, 2013 | 37 | 2013 |
